Take Two Records

In the 1930's a growing film and radio industry was reaching a wide audience and promoting love songs to a receptive public. An increasing number of vocal artists from these media became known for romantic ballads. Love songs continued to be the traditional stock in trade for both the crooners and torch singers, but artists with trained voices were also making these tender ballads a part of their repertoire.

Tenors, in particular, won the ladies hearts including Frank Parker with Sweet And Lovely, Frank Munn (The Golden Voice Of Radio) with As Time Goes By and Kenny Baker with Dinner At Eight. Others like Nino Martini, Lawrence Tibbett, Jan Peerce and James Melton who performed popular love songs included here would become famous as opera stars. Jeanette Macdonald and Nelson Eddy gained fame as amorous partners on the silver screen.

Women vocalists were also important purveyors of love songs and this album offers several fine examples like Love Letters In The Sand by Lee Morse, Moonglow by Ethel Waters, What About Me by Ruth Etting and The Touch Of Your Lips by Hildegarde. We hail them all as the Voices of Romance.